Add a soundscapes to writing with Booktrack Classroom!

Creativity. Expression. Emotion. Imagination. Immersion...and sound effects.

What am I talking about? Reading and writing, of course!

Did you say sound effects?

Yes, I did.

Booktrack Classroom empowers students to add soundscapes to their stories or those from a free, classical ebook collection. Highlighting text they would like to enhance, students insert layers of music, ambient sounds, and sound effects. After publishing, readers can adjust the timing of the story's embedded soundscape to fit their reading speed.

The result is an immersive reading and writing experience that engages students deeply in their story.

Check one out before reading on:

Teachers can create classes on Booktrack Classroom to manage and share student work. Accounts are free and created with the push of a Google login button. Published stories can be curated and searched for on the website or pushed out to students through Google Classroom.

If you are looking for a way to activate your students' creativity or engage them more deeply in reading and writing, give Booktrack Classroom a try.

Comments

Who is emailing me? The Blue Man Group??? (Add an image to your Google account.)

WHY It is always nice to put a face with a name. Sometimes we need a tiny little reminder of what someone looks like because we don't see them very often. Follow these steps to add/change the image associated with your Google account. HOW Open your email. Click your image. It might just be a blue circle if you have not added something already. Click Change . Find an image you like. Your amazing new image will appear. From now on everyone can put a name to a face!

Annotate PDF? How might I do that?

So I have a PDF and I need to edit it. Here is one method that works pretty well for me. Open Word. Click File . 1. Click Open . 2. Click Browse . 3. Find the PDF you want to annotate. 4. Click Open . Click OK when you see this box. Bam! Your PDF now opens in Word. Note: you maybe have to click Enable Editing at the top of the screen. Finished editing and want to turn it back into a PDF? Click File . 1. Click Save As . 2. Click This PC . 3. Pick a location. I usually save things to my desktop. 4. Click Save as type - and choose PDF. 5. Click Save .

Zoom - How to connect to a Zoom meeting.

This post was created to help anyone who is attempting to connect to a Zoom meeting understand how the process works. Click here for a video tutorial on how to get started with Zoom Continue reading for details on how to connect on an iPad/iOS device, Android phone/tablet, Chromebook and a laptop. While this won't solve every issue, it should take care of getting you quickly connected. The post will be longer than normal, just scroll down to the device you are wanting to connect. Most of these steps only need to be done the first time. Joining the second meeting will be much easier, pretty much just click and join. Please note - I made this post super fast. There are bound to be small errors. iPad/iOS We are using an iPad for this demo. I imagine connecting an iPhone will be nearly the same. Start by downloading the Zoom app from the app store. This is the very first thing you need to do if you don't have the app first the process may be more confusing. You...

Learning in the Lou

Search This Blog